From: TJPC [tc56@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 2:26 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: Petition for Rulemaking (SEC File No. 4-461)
Mr. Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Dear Mr. Katz:
I am writing to express my STRONG support for the Rulemaking Petition
proposal maded by The Committee of Concerned Shareholders and James
McRitchie.
It has become ever more clear in the past year that corporate boards
of
directors are far too often "rubber stamps" for the CEO. Increasingly
nominees to these boards consist of friends and/or business associates
of
the CEO, and the first act upon disagreement by any current board
member is to remove that individual from the "nominee" list at the
next
shareholder meeting.
If true change is to come out of corporate scandal , let this be the
first
measure !
Sincerely,
Thomas J Carroll Jr
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